East Region Fan Poll

[Pat Coleman]

It's too bad Springfield is having such a bad year.  Can you imagine Springfield at Curry in round 1?  That would be off the charts.

Hope it would be better than last year's Springfield/Curry NCAA playoff game. That was not pretty.

[union89]

Will be interesting with Alfred losing and RPI squeeking by WPI.

[Jonny Utah]

Will be interesting with Alfred losing and RPI squeeking by WPI.

Yea, I was thinking about who to rank 1 between RPI and SJF.

-RPI maybe deserves it because they still havent lost.
-SJF I still think probably has the better team.

[theoriginalupstate]

Dont forget TCNJ....

They had a VERY impressive win today....

[DanPadavona]

I can concur.  They were really, really good defensively.  I'd go RPI at #1, SJF #2, and then TCNJ.  The latter of which might be playing the best football of all down the stretch.

[DanPadavona]

Huge upset among soon to be NJAC teams -

Morrisville 20 Brockport 19

Are you kidding me?

[SJFF82]

AU was ranked 1 because they had not lost...look what happened, now why should RPI be 1 because they have not lost...how' bout the best team being number 1.... the Red Sox

[redswarm81]

AU was ranked 1 because they had not lossed...look what happened, now why should RPI be 1 because they have not lossed...how' bout the best team being number 1.... the Red Sox

Lossed?

As for the Red Sox, a couple of points about the World Not-Very-Serious:  First, I'd rather have seen the Red Sox play the Flying Squirrels when the Flying Squirrels were having one of the ten best streaks in Major League history, not nine days after the Flying Squirrels were having one of the ten best streaks in Major League history.

Second, baseball wasn't meant to be played in sub-40 degree weather, or in the rain for that matter.  Pitchers need to have warm fingers in order to grip a dry ball securely, in order to throw a pitch with decent control.  Batters need to have warm fingers, so that foul balls won't sting so much, so that they can control the bat carefully when trying to hit 90+ mph pitches.  Fielders need warm fingers and a dry field, so that they can field the ball without slipping on icy turf, for example, and furthermore so that they can field and throw balls accurately.

[SJFF82]

AU was ranked 1 because they had not lossed...look what happened, now why should RPI be 1 because they have not lossed...how' bout the best team being number 1.... the Red Sox

Lossed?

As for the Red Sox, a couple of points about the World Not-Very-Serious:  First, I'd rather have seen the Red Sox play the Flying Squirrels when the Flying Squirrels were having one of the ten best streaks in Major League history, not nine days after the Flying Squirrels were having one of the ten best streaks in Major League history.

Second, baseball wasn't meant to be played in sub-40 degree weather, or in the rain for that matter.  Pitchers need to have warm fingers in order to grip a dry ball securely, in order to throw a pitch with decent control.  Batters need to have warm fingers, so that foul balls won't sting so much, so that they can control the bat carefully when trying to hit 90+ mph pitches.  Fielders need warm fingers and a dry field, so that they can field the ball without slipping on icy turf, for example, and furthermore so that they can field and throw balls accurately.

I will not make nearly as many excuses you make for the Rockies for my    spelling blunder...BTW, do the Red Sox have finger warmers, or bats with heating coils?     

[Knightstalker]

I don't think RS was making any excuses.  He was merely stating that baseball is not meant to be played in November in Denver or any other city.  RS also appears to be saying that everyone should stop being so greedy and putting players safety in jeporady by playing games when it is raining out.

[Jonny Utah]

AU was ranked 1 because they had not lossed...look what happened, now why should RPI be 1 because they have not lossed...how' bout the best team being number 1.... the Red Sox

Lossed?

As for the Red Sox, a couple of points about the World Not-Very-Serious:  First, I'd rather have seen the Red Sox play the Flying Squirrels when the Flying Squirrels were having one of the ten best streaks in Major League history, not nine days after the Flying Squirrels were having one of the ten best streaks in Major League history.

Second, baseball wasn't meant to be played in sub-40 degree weather, or in the rain for that matter.  Pitchers need to have warm fingers in order to grip a dry ball securely, in order to throw a pitch with decent control.  Batters need to have warm fingers, so that foul balls won't sting so much, so that they can control the bat carefully when trying to hit 90+ mph pitches.  Fielders need warm fingers and a dry field, so that they can field the ball without slipping on icy turf, for example, and furthermore so that they can field and throw balls accurately.

How about starting at a normal time so everyone and anyone can watch the games instead of being so greedy with tv revenue.  Thats the major problem I see.  Especially on the weekends!  I mean, start the games at 6 or 7.  Everyone should be home from work by then.

As for the cold weather.....I think they can suck it up for that one...

[redswarm81]

AU was ranked 1 because they had not lossed...look what happened, now why should RPI be 1 because they have not lossed...how' bout the best team being number 1.... the Red Sox

Lossed?

As for the Red Sox, a couple of points about the World Not-Very-Serious:  First, I'd rather have seen the Red Sox play the Flying Squirrels when the Flying Squirrels were having one of the ten best streaks in Major League history, not nine days after the Flying Squirrels were having one of the ten best streaks in Major League history.

Second, baseball wasn't meant to be played in sub-40 degree weather, or in the rain for that matter.  Pitchers need to have warm fingers in order to grip a dry ball securely, in order to throw a pitch with decent control.  Batters need to have warm fingers, so that foul balls won't sting so much, so that they can control the bat carefully when trying to hit 90+ mph pitches.  Fielders need warm fingers and a dry field, so that they can field the ball without slipping on icy turf, for example, and furthermore so that they can field and throw balls accurately.

How about starting at a normal time so everyone and anyone can watch the games instead of being so greedy with tv revenue.  Thats the major problem I see.  Especially on the weekends!  I mean, start the games at 6 or 7.  Everyone should be home from work by then.

As for the cold weather.....I think they can suck it up for that one...

So we agree then, especially about the starting times and even moreso about the ending times of the World You-Can't-Be-Serious games.

The point about playing games in late October in Denver and Boston, and even in St. Louis and Detroit, is that the weather makes for poor quality play.  The pitchers can't pitch as well when their fingers are icy.  (Anyone else remember coming in after a cold November practice, and being unable to turn the lock on your locker, on account of your fingers being so cold and stiff?  Imagine trying to throw a curveball with those fingers.)

Batters can't feel the bat as well with cold, icy fingers, so they can't hit as well as they can in good--well, in baseball weather.

Fielders can't field or throw balls cleanly with frosty fingers.  Fielders can't run as well on wet and icy fields--last year, a Detroit outfielder slipped and fell on ICY grass, during a game where sleet was falling!

The World Series is supposed to be a showcase of the best teams, who are capable of playing the highest quality baseball.  The way Bud Selig has masterminded the current state of affairs, the World Series is guaranteed to produce the lowest quality of baseball that is played since April.

Football is a game that is designed to be played in any weather conditions--such as a snowy December 2003 day in Troy--but not baseball.

[Tags]

I say they should shorten the ridiculously long season so they can get the series in at a reasonable date. 162 games is entirely too long.

That's one of my biggest problems with MLB, I think if you shorten the season, and to someone else's point start games at a reasonable hour, it would probably generate more interest... or at least retain what interest it does have.

[DanPadavona]

Someone lossed on Saterday?

[Jonny Utah]

I say they should shorten the ridiculously long season so they can get the series in at a reasonable date. 162 games is entirely too long.

That's one of my biggest problems with MLB, I think if you shorten the season, and to someone else's point start games at a reasonable hour, it would probably generate more interest... or at least retain what interest it does have.

Yea you cant do that because of the tradition and stats and all that.  Havent they been playing in October for 100 years?  Not that big of a deal.